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Stop me from buying Millwaukee!

11-22-2009, 12:46 AM

I am just about to buy the millwaukee cordless tubing cutter and maybe the pvc cutter also but if Ridgid had something in the works I would of course wait and buy the Ridgid, I know there are times when it is being made that it can't be disclosed so a PM to me saying wait would work.

cuda, the copper cutter is nice for fab work. but it's not near as fast as a #15 cutter. i own the milwaukee and i know how fast i can cut copper with it and a #15. the #15 is 1/8th the price and 2x faster.

it's actually nice in close quarters and has a nice led light built in if needed.

as far as the electric pvc cutter. you better be doing a lot of plastic pipe to make this pan out.

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We bought one for the shop just to see what it was like, and although it is much slower than cutting copper the old fashion way, it sure is handy in close quarters. Don't quote me but I think you only need a 1/2" clearance around the pipe.

Super Plumber to the rescue! That's a cut, cleaned, installed and checked for leaks stop every 1.2 minutes in 8 hours of contact time.

This includes gathering of anything and moving from room to room and floor to floor.

Fast. My hat's off to you there.

J.C.

actually it's much faster than that, but i do stop for break and lunch.

typically it was 1 floor at a time and shutting a new building and draining to a lower floor was nothing more than a ball valve and an open hose bibb.

of course i perterred to get in before the cabinets. most cabinets didn't have a back, so this was not an issue. an estucion turned backwards cleaned the bullet in a mater of a couple seconds and my ratcheting 15/16'' angle stop wrench literally took seconds to tighten. 1.2 minutes is slow.

15 seconds is more like it when you're on a roll. it's been years since i've done production work, but i'm sure i can get a hot and cold lav and toilet angle stop done in under a minute.

i guess you don't remember my 66 seconds to cut, ream, and thread, and screw 1'' steel pipe by hand